Authorities took Kestou into custody earlier this week in New York where he had a plane ticket to another country, according to Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido.
Sheriff’s investigators learned of the alleged plot last December after the victim’s attorney obtained recordings of the jail calls via a Freedom of Information Act request.
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The accusations against Thomas Barnes follow Mount Clemens city officials deciding to terminate his contract to head Cairns Community Center, but officials say that's unrelated to his most recent arrest.